British Civil Servant

v2 Chapter 691: Good luck and bad luck

"Smoke came down from the chimney cap in a light black drizzle with soot and soot in the middle, the size of snowflakes forming...it felt like the sun was dead."

Since the eighteenth century, the smog that shrouded London has appeared in various literary works.

Many of them described this smoke as a doomsday weapon, and the London smog at that time had become an excellent cover for criminals to escape.

But it is not until today that the whole of London has seen what a horrific sight it is to see the persistent smog shrouding London.

This feeling can also be described in words. Every London citizen feels that the sky over London at this time is like the sky is falling, suffocating the citizens of this two hundred years of world center.

At this moment every Londoner has a kind of desperate cry, "I can't breathe."

And this time the smog was so deadly that people kept dying because of it.

Soon London was covered in smoke like never before, and the world knew it.

Far away in Kuala Lumpur, Alan Wilson, who was in high spirits and pointed the country, knew that this historic scene had appeared.

The telegram has already stated what London looks like at the moment. The smog has lasted for three days. The bigger problem is that no one knows when the smog will clear.

"I think it seems that all the coffins and flowers in London are out of stock." Alan Wilson muttered to himself, looking at the tense telegram between the lines.

The funeral industry in London is bound to flourish for a while because of this smog incident, and the office door was pushed open. Not surprisingly, it was his lovely sister-in-law who was poking around.

"Sister... Commissioner Wilson!" Princess Margaret changed her words while facing the straight eyes, "What are you looking at?"

"London has an unprecedented smog weather, the whole city can't see all the hands. The sun is blocked." Alan Wilson said with a mournful opening, "This is really a tragedy, fortunately Pamela and you are not on the mainland. I originally wanted to urge you to return home as soon as possible, but the smoke hasn't dissipated yet, and I don't know how long the follow-up effects will last, so you're still safer outside."

"It's so serious!" Princess Margaret took the telegram directly and read it word by word.

"This is also in the colony. If you are in the mainland, you can **** government documents without permission. It may cause controversy." Alan Wilson said bitterly, "I don't have any conditions here, you'd better follow Pamei. Pulling is better."

Alan Wilson actually did not have the slightest fluctuation in his heart, even if he knew that this incident directly caused the death toll of 4,000 people, and the subsequent impact of tens of thousands of people was related to this incident. But this is something that has happened in history. He has no ability to deal with it, and he does not have the ability to affect the earth's climate. What can he do? Look at it!

It is good that these people die if they are worthwhile, and they can be regarded as dying for the free world.

Most importantly, he can lobby to move the highly polluting industries around London out of London.

British Malaya is now in a special need to undertake industrial transfer, and there can never be too many such things. Just because the industry has already begun to transfer, we can't start to pick the fatter now.

As a thrifty housekeeper, he must focus on every opportunity to move these industries to reliable places. There is currently no place more reliable than the colony he administers.

"I want to write a letter to Pamela. Her Royal Highness is not going back to London for the time being. The air is too bad. You can only go to Australia first, just to help me bring the letter there."

There is a reliable place. As for a reliable person, Alan Wilson still believes in his wife by words and deeds. At present, only the two have a highly consistent perspective on the problem.

Therefore, the husband and wife should be frank, and he will make clear in the letter about promoting the transfer of the property. He has his own connections in Whitehall, but at the same time he also needs the connections of nobles and businesses behind Pamela Mountbatten. This is not contradictory and can jointly promote the emergence of policies.

This is actually an excellent opportunity for the UK. After all, when such a tragic incident occurs, why does it not need to reflect on it? Reflection and reflection? How to deal with highly polluting industries?

The current British Empire has similarities with the United States in the 21st century. For example, in the 21st century, the United States is full of backward infrastructure that has been operating for more than half a century, as well as the most powerful high-tech industry in the world.

The situation in the UK is similar now, partly in the 1950s, partly in the Victorian era. There are still occupations such as lamplighters and icemen in London.

Like the United States in later generations and the United Kingdom today, there is no opportunity for drastic reforms. If you expect to adjust slowly, it is almost equivalent to expecting the Sleeping King to become Kennedy.

If this smog incident can be used to eliminate a number of industries that are not in line with the times, and by the way eliminate many ancient occupations that lasted until the 1980s, then it will not be a loss.

At this time, the British Malayan Commissioner did not appear to be elated, but was concerned about his own British nationality.

Not to mention sadness, even when the regional commissioner meeting was held, he was all smiles and was not affected.

The living environment in London is probably similar to that of Khrushchev in the Soviet Union. Although it is not a closed community with very socialist characteristics, the internal environment is actually similar. Even if you live in a building, you still need to rely on the fireplace to make a fire. , only a small fraction of new post-war apartment buildings have integrated heating.

London is always shrouded in smog. In addition to London's factories, the home fires of Londoners also play a major role.

Alan Wilson himself has experience with household fires. At that time, especially in winter, he could see small black particles floating out of his chimney, and the whole town was like this. It is also a loss that his home is the coldest place at the same latitude, and there is never a lack of north wind.

Princess Margaret was directly pushed by Alan Wilson on the special plane back to Australia as a messenger.

Pamela Mountbatten has just returned to Perth, and she went to the Wumeirah launch site while it was still more convenient.

The Wumaila launch site is a test range used jointly by the United Kingdom and Australia. The United Kingdom is upset that in the late World War II, the United Kingdom was the country that suffered the most serious damage from the German "V-2" missile attack, but by the end of World War II At that time, the British got "V-2" missiles and any major facilities, as well as engineering technicians and experts were pitiful.

Despite all the unfavorable conditions, Prime Minister Attlee still ordered the construction of the Wumaila launch site in conjunction with Australia. Who made the UK really have no such conditions to build the launch site.

After Pamela Mountbatten expanded her territory in Australia, she joined the launch site facilitated by Prime Minister Attlee, and built a space launch pad according to the space launch pad sketch given by her husband.

Even if no one knows what this seemingly useless space launch pad does. Pamela Mountbatten still got it out, and this time she just returned to Perth when she saw the returning Princess Margarita coming to the door.

"Alan told me that I wanted to send you back to London!" Pamela Mountbatten said, and asked her assistant Marina to send a telegram to Kuala Lumpur to inform her that the princess had arrived, and by the way, she also informed her husband of the launch site at Wumaila. The space launch pad has been built.

"He asked me to bring a letter, but I haven't read it." Princess Margarita looked at Pamela Mountbatten eagerly, her eyes wandering over the other's bulging abdomen and asked, "Are you going to give birth soon?"

"Come on, I'm going back to Perth to wait for the delivery. The doctor said that my fetus is in the right position, and I'm not very pregnant among pregnant women." Pamela Mountbatten held the letter in one hand and sat down slowly at the same time. , to see what whimsy his man has.

The husband moved his mouth and his wife broke her leg. Pamela Mountbatten was supporting the Philippines through the media, helping her husband build the facilities he wanted, and have children. The hard work was no worse than Alan Wilson.

"Actually, I saw some reports~lightnovelpub.net~ I didn't expect it to be so serious." Pamela Mountbatten was a little surprised, then smiled after a while, "No wonder he always said that the air in London is not good, something will happen. ."

"Your husband said something like this?" Princess Margaret asked in astonishment.

"How often, I can't remember how many times." Pamela Mountbatten put down the telegram, "He has always said that the air in London is too bad, not only incomparable with Australia and Canada, but also very bad in Europe. of."

In the past few years, as a wife, she heard Alan Wilson complaining about the weather in London more than once. As a result, such a big thing happened this time, and it was rumored all over the world.

The content of the telegram is actually simple. There are two main points. If you want to take care of these high-polluting industries at the same time, and if you want to avoid conflicts with smog incidents, you cannot have both. With such a big impact this time, London's industry will definitely be relocated.

Alan Wilson hopes to gather his personal contacts in Whitehall, together with his wife's aristocratic group and business contacts, to move some industries that will be eliminated sooner or later to Malaya.

There is another main force in the smog incident. In terms of home heating, London must carry out urban renovation and change the domestic fire to central heating.

And if coal is eliminated, it can also promote the application of natural gas and increase economic ties with the Middle East. The transformation of the shanty towns of Aizhongtang is probably the meaning.

"Zakharova will contact the nobles and business partners who have business dealings with us, ask if the smoke has cleared now, say hello to them, and then we will follow up on this matter." Pamela Mountbatten picked it up Call and let your assistant come in.

Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared, and Pamela Mountbatten felt that her husband was always ready.